Comments on: Your Source For The Best In BasketballMon, 14 Mar 2016 23:25:37 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: Rodger Bohnhttp://www.slamonline.com/?p=169606/#comment-1903855
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:09:25 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=169606#comment-1903855@Enigmatic- Fair enough. I think the classes of 04 and 06 would have little debate either…as I don’t remember too many peeeps sticking up for KD over Oden 5 years ago.
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Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:02:10 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=169606#comment-1903101OK, I’ll try this again.
Rodger- as far as being the most skilled player from the class of ’11, sure, it may very well be Ausin Rivers.
But you cannot say “there’s no debate in that”.
Because the last time there was no debating who the best “PLAYER” in the country is, was in 2003.
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Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:00:42 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=169606#comment-1903093Wish my comments would show up!
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Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:54:04 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=169606#comment-1903079I kind of agree with niQ, I just don’t see him fitting well into Dukes system. Hes got killer “score all out” mentality, not that Duke wont help him improve as a player but I just dont think Coach K fosters to that style of play. I imagine it might feel like theyre holding some parts of his game back to let others grow.
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Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:11:20 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=169606#comment-1902966Rivers is a cold blooded scorer. But he’ll need to learn how to trust his teammates if he wants to make it in the league. The 1 assists 5 turnover stat will definitely raise some flags. Somehow, I don’t think he’ll be able to do it anytime soon though. He’s definitely got that “gotta get mine” mentality right now.
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Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:13:14 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=169606#comment-1902643@Enigmatic- In my eyes, Austin Rivers was the best high school PLAYER in the country last year. There’s no debate in that. There were other guys who were better prospects, but not a better player.

As far as Austin’s iso style of play, it was surprising how much he seems to have matured over the last few months. He’s taken 17 shots in two games. That’s what you’d usually see out of him in one half of an AAU or HS game.

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Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:35:27 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=169606#comment-1902462@Enigmatic come on man, give the kid some time. He’s a combo guard at this point. Let the boy find his position, and then give him the look-over. I’m just sayin, Mr. Bohn here make an excellent point when he says Rivers could should be more effective coming off the ball. Food for thought.
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Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:01:33 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=169606#comment-1901038Come on now.
We all know Anthony Davis was the real number one senior in the country last year, even if SLAM didn’t have him as such.
And Rivers will have to adjust his whole game at Duke.
That going iso, I’ma get mine mentality is not gonna fly with Coach K.
I can see him starting Cook over Rivers soon if Rivers doesn’t learn to play with more self control.
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